level: Level 1 of Chapter 9
Questions and Answers List
level questions: Level 1 of Chapter 9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| contentious | likely to cause an argument |
| splenetic | bad-tempered |
| rejoinder | a sharp or witty reply |
| pugnacious | quarrelsome |
| truculent | quick to argue |
| bellicose | warlike in manner |
| foment | instigate or stir up |
| propensity | a natural inclination |
| incendiary | tending to stir up conflict, exciting |
| pedantic | caring too much about little details |
| dissonance | tension or clash |
| ignominous | deserving public shame |
| indolent | lazy |
| flagrant | obviously offensive |
| impudent | not showing respect for someone else |
| imprudent | not showing care for the consequences of one's actions |
| noisome | disagreeable and pleasant |
| inundation | flooding |
| impel | to put into motion |
| perambulate | to move about |
| jettison | to throw overboard |
| paucity | scarcity |
| efface | to erase by rubbing out |
| cathartic | inducing the release of emotional tension |